This is one of my favorite poems by Luci Shaw. It’s a brief but beautiful picture of the deleterious effects of the atonement on Christ and its beneficial effects for us. At light speed, God speed, time collapses into now, so that we may see Christ’s wounds as still bleeding, his torso, that ready sponge,…

And it was at the age . . . Poetry arrived in search of me. I don’t know, I don’t know where it came from, from winter or a river. I don’t know how or when, no, they were not voices, they were not words, nor silence, but from a street I was summoned, from…

This poem is in honor of Linkin Delagneau written from Mom’s perspective: Your last breath Our first touch. Your gentle spirit What’s not to love? Your tenderness lit up the room When your angelic face peaked out my womb. Our souls connected, Our fingers intertwined, I held your tiny hand inside mine. You held real…

Father, thank You for Your unconditional love, for being in my corner, and fighting for me. Jesus, you are my big brother. You never let go of my hand. Wherever I go, You go. Whatever I feel, You feel. I am never alone. Holy Spirit, praise You for transforming, empowering, and healing me from the…

Our basic sense of security is not money or escape from difficulties but believing God is good in the midst of the storm.

This short poem is one of my favorites by Robert Frost. In just eight short lines, he captures the transience of beauty from a leaf to the Garden of Eden. NOTHING GOLD CAN STAY Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then…

Lord, Fill me with all hope, joy, and peace in believing You and Your promise of eternal life and good works in Christ Jesus! You have given me a conquering spirit of power and love, not of fear and failure. I remember that past and how You have saved me and healed me. I think of…

I praise you, Father, for by the blood of Your Son shed for me on the cross at Calvary, I am a child of God, forever; I am free to do good and not evil—to follow the path that leads to justice, righteousness, and abundant life; I am filled with Your Holy Spirit to use…

What does the Second Vatican Council, Radical Orthodoxy, and Liberation Theology all have in common? Read Assessing the Relationship Between the Ressourcement of Radical Orthodoxy and the Aggiornamento of Liberation Theology in Hope of Ecumenism to find out.

In Catholic theology, the stations of the cross are a 14-step devotion usually practiced on Good Friday that commemorates our Lord’s last day on earth qua human. I just spent a few days at Prince of Peace Abbey in Oceanside, a Roman Catholic monastery O.S.B. (in the order of Saint Benedict) praying, meditating on God’s…